A virtual console (VC) – also known as a virtual terminal (VT) – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between multiple virtual consoles to access unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s.

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  • A virtual console (VC) – also known as a virtual terminal (VT) – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between multiple virtual consoles to access unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s. Usually in Linux, the first six virtual consoles provide a text terminal with a login prompt to a Unix shell. The graphical X Window System starts in the seventh virtual console. In Linux, the user switches between them with the key combination Alt plus a function key – for example Alt+F1 to access the virtual console number 1. Alt+Left arrow changes to the previous virtual console and Alt+Right arrow to the next virtual console. To switch from the X Window System, Ctrl+Alt+function key works. (Note that users can redefine these default key combinations. ) The need for virtual consoles has lessened now that most applications work in the graphical framework of the X Window System, where each program has a window and the text mode programs can be run in terminal-emulator windows. If several sessions of the X Window System are required to run in parallel, such as in the case of fast user switching or when debugging X programs on a separate X server, each X session usually runs in a separate virtual console. GNU Screen is a program that can change between several text-mode programs in one textual login. There are also other graphical frameworks such as Y Window System, and Fresco.
  • Виртуальная консоль (VC, иногда виртуальный терминал) — это концептуальная комбинация клавиатуры и дисплея для обеспечения интерфейса пользователя. Конкретная комбинация — это системная консоль компьютера, где пользователь может переключаться из одной виртуальной консоли в другую для произведения множества независимых действий. Обычно в GNU/Linux, первые шесть виртуальных консолей обеспечивают текстовый терминал с приглашением входа в UNIX-оболочку. Графическая система X Window System запускается с седьмой виртуальной консоли.
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  • A virtual console (VC) – also known as a virtual terminal (VT) – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between multiple virtual consoles to access unrelated user interfaces. Virtual consoles date back at least to Xenix in the 1980s.
  • Виртуальная консоль (VC, иногда виртуальный терминал) — это концептуальная комбинация клавиатуры и дисплея для обеспечения интерфейса пользователя. Конкретная комбинация — это системная консоль компьютера, где пользователь может переключаться из одной виртуальной консоли в другую для произведения множества независимых действий. Обычно в GNU/Linux, первые шесть виртуальных консолей обеспечивают текстовый терминал с приглашением входа в UNIX-оболочку.
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  • Virtual console
  • Виртуальная консоль
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